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  • 40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday September 23, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday September 23, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 746 1 US and eurozone ‘effectively in a recession now’, could get worse if debt crisis isn’t dealt with swiftly, world leaders and analysts warn AGENCIES LONDON The world stands on the brink of a new economic crisis that would leave many countries “staring
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 421 2 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON A day after the Federal Reserve announced another measure to stimulate the economy, global financial markets yesterday declined steeply as pessimism about the outlook for the economies of the United States and Europe was deepened by
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    • 353 2 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Hewlett-Packard named former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman its president and CEO, replacing Mr Leo Apotheker in a bid to restore investor confidence in the American technology giant. The decision was made without a formal CEO search and piled
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    • 314 2 REUTERS UNITED NATIONS Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday flayed the West for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the United Nations passed over Tehran’s nuclear programme and the Palestinian statehood issue. In his 30-minute speech, the Iranian leader also
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    • 594 3  -  HDB releases BTO, SBF flats in biggest sales launch to date ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday launched a bumper crop of more than 8,200 flats under a joint Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF)
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    • 714 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The stressful results-driv-en culture in the Republic’s schools a scourge of teachers, parents and students here could be diminished if the Ministry of Education (MOE) has its way. At the ministry’s annual work plan seminar yesterday, Education Minister
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    • 434 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The teachers for the lower primary cohort at Temasek Primary are at their weekly morning meetings, but singing and laughter can still be heard from the Primary 1 and 2 classrooms. In place of teachers are parents
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    • 331 6  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The bodies of a woman and a young boy were found floating in Bedok Reservoir yesterday morning. They are believed to be those of 32-year-old Tan Sze Sze and her three-year-old son Jerald Chin Le Hui (picture).
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    • 376 6  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has called for a thorough probe into the Circle Line breakdown which affected thousands of commuters on Tuesday. This includes identifying shortfalls in maintenance measures and isolating faults to prevent a disruption to
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    • 550 8  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The results of the last General Election (GE), in which an Opposition party defeated the ruling party in a Group Representation Constituency, was bound to happen, former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said at the close of
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    • 369 8 SINGAPORE Former Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang, will become the director of Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) board from next month. Announcing Dr Lee’s appointment yesterday, SPH said in a statement that
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    • 294 10 SINGAPORE Unlike Temasek Holdings and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) cannot disclose the amount of funds it manages and its annual profit and loss. Responding to a reader’s letter published in Today on Wednesday,
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    • 447 10  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The winding up order application sought by a group of True Spa customers was settled in the High Court, after the customers agreed for their unused credit to be serviced by other spas. Under the arrangement, True Spa customers will be
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    • 584 12 AGENCIES BEIJING China stepped up its condemnation of the United States yesterday for selling arms to Taiwan, saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning that is likely to unsettle, but not derail, ties with Washington. Arms sales are one of
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    • 381 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is considering a hefty bonus or a pay increase for all 1.3 million civil servants in next year’s Budget, in what is seen as an attempt to counter rising costs and
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    • 217 16 LONDON A Libyan woman whose surname is Gaddafi was shot by Libyan rebels while she tried to flee the country with her family, thinking their name would get them into trouble. Ms Afaf Gaddafi not related to fugitive strongman
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    • 429 16 She wants to be the next President of France AGENCIES PARIS A Frenchwoman who wears an Islamic face veil flouting a nationwide ban announced yesterday she wants to run for President in next year’s elections. Also yesterday, a French court fined two women who have refused to remove their veils.
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    • 455 17 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Mr Stephen Diggle, who co-founded a hedge fund that made US$2.7 billion (S$3.5 billion) for investors in 2007 and 2008, set up a family office to manage the millions in fees he earned instead of entrusting his wealth to private
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    • 358 17 BLOOMBERG REYKJAVIK China, the largest consumer of coal for power generation, is sending engineers 8,000km across the world to learn how bubbling hot spots can help utilities clean up their act. Ms Cui Yu, geothermal projects manager
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    • 645 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI More than 100 primary schools in China are sponsored by tobacco companies on the hunt for the next generation of smokers, according to antismoking campaigners. The schools often bear the names of Chinese cigarette brands, such as
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 786 20  -  As parks disappear, Singapore’s downtown loses part of what makes it so attractive RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. “Great cities are defined as much by their parks and open spaces as they are by
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    • 855 22  -  DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the Asia editor at the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED It is election time in China again. Or at least it is in Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as an inalienable part of the People’s
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    • 1142 24  -  Mismanaged tech projects have sunk companies, CEOs, countries and they happen more often than we think BENT FLYVBJERG, ALEXANDER BUDZIER Bent Flyvbjerg is the BT Professor and founding chair of major programme management at Oxford University’s Said Business School. Alexander Budzier, a consultant
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    • 58 26 COMMENTARY ONLINE The window of opportunity is limited. Israel will not always find itself sitting across the table from Palestinian leaders like Mr Abbas and the Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, who object to terrorism and want peace. Now is the time. There will be no better one. Ehud Almert, former
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  • VOICES
    • 50 28 In the article “More time for property agents to pass exam” published yesterday, we reported that the Council of Estate Agencies is conducting its first registration renewal from Oct 1 to Nov 12. This is incorrect. The closing date for renewal is Nov 15. We apologise for the error.
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    • 494 28  -  Letter from Lim Bee Khim Director (Corporate Communications) Ministry of Finance WE THANK Mr Chua Soo Kiat for asking, in the letter “Disclosure is important” (Sept 21), why the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) does not disclose the amount of
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    • 65 28 In the article “Formula 1 ‘live’ in the heartlands” published yesterday, we reported that the Team Lotus members at the meet-and-greet session at Bishan Community Club yesterday would be Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli. This is incorrect. They were Mr AlexYoong and Mr Karun Chandhok. In addition, the ‘Grid
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    • 281 30  -  Letter from Daniel Ang I REFER to the letter “Teachers, native English speakers should team up” (Sept 21), which proposed that native English speakers from around the world “team teach” with local teachers. As a Communications Academ- ic Associate at a local polytechnic, I
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    • 319 30  -  Letter from Roy Chan I REFER to the letter “To sustain bilingualism, three changes are needed at the pre-school level” (Sept 21), which made valuable suggestions, although I doubt they will make an impact. Bilingualism is not new to us; we have been talking about
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    • 169 32  -  Letter from Joyce Lim WHILE SMRT has been in the news lately, the Circle Line disruption being the latest “highlight”, there has been no mention of the one complaint most people have most often. At least once every few days, I hear the announcement
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    • 269 32  -  Letter from Lisa Mak I HAVE been following the news and letters, such as “Why is my personal information not protected?” (Sept 19), regarding unsolicited calls to consumers, and have received my share of SMSes and phone scam attempts. I am trying to figure out how
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    • 188 32  -  Letter from Adrian Choo Wai Ying IT IS clear that the fundamental principle of restricting the supply of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) is effective in curbing car population. It is also clear that the current high price of COEs (Category A) is driven
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    • 145 32  -  Letter from Corrine Ng Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Transit Link WE REFER to Ms Loo Su Peng’s letter “No refunds for ‘expired’, single-use standard tickets?” (Aug 26). The standard ticket, which can be purchased at the General Ticketing Machines located at all Mass
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 163 36  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Ku De Ta Singapore at Marina Bay Sands SkyPark received a glamorous touch yesterday when Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes (picture) and other pageant contestants (inset), past and present, turned up at the club. When asked about the controversy surrounding her participation in the
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    • 433 36  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While governments around the world need to rethink their communication strategies in taming the social media wild child, at least one suggestion was made to raise the level of media literacy among the young at the Singapore Global Dialogue
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    • 227 38 SINGAPORE The police have arrested six foreign workers for trespassing into the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino by entering using work permits which did not belong to them. The six foreigners, aged between 37 and 48, will be charged in court today
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    • 366 38  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For three months, a 10-year-old Renault Kangoo van zipped around the hilly terrain of Sentosa island on only 10 cents a kilometre. An electric vehicle company, evHUB, which converted the diesel-powered van to an electric plug-in in 2009, had lent the
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    • 58 40 Twenty men took two-and-a-half hours to hoist an Audi sports car onto the roof of the Fullerton Hotel for the launch party of the limited edition car, the R8 GT, this weekend. The operation started at 1230am yesterday, after the roads were closed at the F1
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    • 141 40 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Foreign Minister K Shanmugam has stressed to his Romanian counterpart that Singapore takes the hit-and-run case involving former diplomat Silviu Ionescu seriously. Mr Shanmugam also told Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschir that the case had created a lot of
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    • 222 40 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is doing “admirable and important work”, but more could be done, said President Tony Tan Keng Yam when he visited the council yesterday, his first as its patron-in-chief. He was accompanied
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  • WORLD
    • 411 42 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States officials said there was mounting evidence that Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agency had encouraged a guerrilla network to attack US targets, while a Senate committee voted to make aid to Islamabad conditional on fighting the militants. The decision by the
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    • 230 42 AP MANILA The Philippines yesterday convened a regional meeting to study its proposal for settling a tense dispute over South China Sea islands, despite protests by China which claims the entire potentially oil-rich area as its own.
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    • 213 42 REUTERS A joint energy project between India and Vietnam in the South China Sea infringes on China’s territorial sovereignty, a Chinese newspaper said yesterday in the first reaction to the operation by China’s state media. The report in the People’s Daily
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    • 252 44 REUTERS SEOUL North Korea and the United States are looking at holding a second round of dialogues early next month as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the North’s nuclear weapons programme, South Korean media reported yesterday. Yonhap news agency
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    • 157 44 REUTERS SEONGNAM (South Korea) Hundreds of worried customers queued yesterday (picture) to withdraw their money from seven South Korean savings banks which had been suspended from operations due to concerns about their financial strength. South of the capital Seoul, a crowd of more
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    • 231 45 AGENCIES SIRTE Libya’s interim rulers said they had captured one of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert and found a secret stock of chemical weapons. The National Transitional Council’s (NTC) military spokesmen said its forces had seized the outpost
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    • 376 45 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK Palestinian officials on Wednesday signalled its willingness to delay a United Nations Security Council vote on their bid for statehood by “several months”, as United States President Barack Obama publicly rejected their plans to seek nation
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    • 132 45 AP Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal has announced it will conduct trials of four former leaders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime in segments according to separate charges in order to expedite the proceedings. The United Nations-aided tribunal said yesterday that one trial of
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    • 389 46 AGENCIES CANBERRA Special koala tunnels and tougher road speed limits would help avoid one of the leading causes of death of Australia’s iconic marsupial, lawmakers said yesterday. No one knows how many koalas are left in the wild experts estimate anywhere between
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    • 220 46 THE GUARDIAN The scale of the rush by speculators, pension funds and global agri-businesses to acquire large areas of developing countries is far greater than previously thought, and is already leading to conflict, hunger and human rights abuses, said Oxfam. The
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    • 221 46 AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lashed out at a British publisher for releasing drafts of a long-awaited memoir without his approval yesterday, saying he did not author the book or get the opportunity to check it. British publisher Canongate announced that the book,
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    • 164 48 AGENCIES Daycare centres in Sweden are using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children on excursions. The practice is raising ethical queries, with parents worried that centres will use the technology in place
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    • 373 48 REUTERS TOKYO It is eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building and a dozen middleaged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to speak English to the instructors in front of them. “I hope my wife will
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    • 163 48 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An anti-wrinkle pill which can reduce crow’sfeet by up to 30 per cent could be available from next month, British scientists claim. Early results from trials on 480 women in Britain, France and Germany suggest that taking the
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    • 111 48 AP Qantas Airways says a planned strike by its engineers is forcing it to cancel or delay several domestic flights. The Australian airline says the onehour strike in the southern Australian city of Melbourne today will affect about 1,300 passengers. Two flights have been cancelled,
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    • 518 50  -  to restore confidence. AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY STELLA LEE STELLA LEE AGENCIES SINGAPORE UBS CEO Oswald Gruebel is fighting to keep the Swiss bank’s investment arm the scene of a US$2.3 billion (S$2.97 billion) rogue trading scandal despite pressure to scale it
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    • 145 50 SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it will implement two new measures to improve its securities market opening and closing routines to improve transparency and trading safeguards. The changes, effective Sept 26, come after a three-month public consultation. The SGX said it
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    • 175 52 BLOOMBERG Nike, the world’s largest sporting-goods company, reported first-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates as revenue surged in North America, its largest market. Net income in the quarter ended Aug 31 rose 15 per cent to US$645 million, or US$1.36 a
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    • 225 52 Profit outlook cut on weak economy REUTERS NEW YORK FedEx cut its fullyear profit outlook yesterday, citing fuel prices and weak global economic growth, sending its shares down 8 per cent. CEO Frederick Smith said he did not expect economic conditions to improve much any time
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      • 77 52 Unimpressed by Fed Spot gold prices tumbled more than 3 per cent to a one-month low of US$1,721 an ounce, in a global round of risk aversion triggered by weak Chinese manufacturing data and grim comments from the Federal Reserve. “When something can move 3, or 5 or 6
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    • 55 52 THURSDAY CLOSE 10,733.80 (-3.51%) Wednesday 11,124.80 q 2.49% Tuesday 11,408.70 p 0.07% Monday 11,401.00 q 0.94% Friday 11,509.10 p 0.66% NYSETOP5BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 380.3m $6.06 q 5.02% Ford 115.4m $9.62 q 3.51% General Electric 113.0m $15.04 q 2.21% Sprint Nextel 98.6m $3.01 q 7.38%
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    • 372 54 REUTERS BEIJING China’s factory sector contracted for a third consecutive month in September as flagging overseas demand put the brakes on new orders, HSBC’s preliminary China Purchasing Managers’ Index showed yesterday. The continued deceleration in the vast manufacturing sector pointed to a slowdown in
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    • 175 54 DOW JONES China may face “mild” inflation of about 3-5 per cent in the long term, Mr Li Daokui, an adviser to The People’s Bank of China, said in a report by Internet portal Netease. China’s consumer price index has reached
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    • 173 54 REUTERS SHANGHAI Deposits at China’s “Big Four” state banks dropped by about 420 billion yuan (S$85 billion) in the first 15 days of this month from the end of August, as investors chased higher returns amid stubborn inflation, the official China Securities Journal
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    • 74 56 For the recent Mid-Autumn Festival, the City Square Mall and the National Environment Agency held a record-breaking Eco Event and have entered the Singapore Book of Records for “The Longest Line of Flower Pots”. City Square Mall shoppers decorated plastic containers and turned them
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    • 98 56 Harvey Norman recently unveiled its refurbished flagship store at Millenia Walk. With its glistering, immaculate interiors and spacious settings, the store offers a whole new shopping experience to its clients. The store’s key highlights include a designated wall showcasing the latest Smart and Internet TVs, a
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    • 87 56 The Insurance Executive Scholarship Programme that is managed by the Singapore College of Insurance is offering 50 scholarship places for Professional, Managers and Executives. The three-year structured career and development programme at the Singapore College of Insurance offers experienced hires more than two years’ work
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    • 110 56 The Businesses for Families Council recently launched its second “We Welcome Families Week” (WWFW) to raise awareness on the availability of family-friendly facilities, amenities and service touch points. The week-long series of activities concluded with its closing event at NEX shopping mall, which saw families
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    • 706 58 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO The world is sitting on its hands, waiting with bated breath to see what changes Facebook will announce at its annual f8 conference. The meeting held yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) at San Francisco is for developers who create games and other
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    • 740 62  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ Colin Tan is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Just when you thought you have finally figured out what influences private home buying, the market throws up another surprise. The latest Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) figures show
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    • 240 64  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE For the past three editions, the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix ended with only minutes left to the two-hour time limit the sport’s governing body, FIA, have set for every race. The gruelling nature of the 61lap race with 23 turns,
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    • 615 65  -  Ferrari’s two-time world champ believes Vettel won’t have it his way next season TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Defending champion Sebastian Vettel may be on the verge of capping a dominant season by clinching his second straight Formula 1 world championship at this Sunday’s SingTel
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    • 462 65  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE While talk in the paddock is that Jenson Button or Mark Webber could replace Ferrari’s No 2 driver Felipe Massa at the end of next season, the Brazilian speedster himself is determined to hold on to the steering wheel
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    • 628 66  -  Hamilton’s out of it, but he’s not going to hold back around Marina Bay LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Only a small scrum of photographers were startled into a scramble when Lewis Hamilton suddenly strode into the paddock at
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    • 601 68  -  But SEA Games chef-de-mission says everything is clear regarding selection criteria TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Table tennis chief Lee Bee Wah hopes the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) will clarify their selection policy for the Nov 11-22 SEA Games in Indonesia, days after the Singapore
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    • 376 68 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST MANCHESTER Owen Hargreaves has claimed Manchester United put his career on the line by administering the wrong treatment for his chronic injury problems and making a series of mistakes that left him fearing he may never play football again. Speaking
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    • 229 68 AGENCIES Roma conceded a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with newly-promot-ed Siena yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) and remain winless under its new Spanish coach Luis Enrique. Defender Roberto Vitiello swept the ball home with two minutes to go after Franco Brienza’s shot had
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    • 159 68 REUTERS Newly-promoted Real Betis surged to the top of the table after hanging on to beat Real Zaragoza 4-3 despite playing with 10 men for the last 21 minutes of a thrilling La Liga clash yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz scored
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    • 864 2  -  Conspicuous trivia about French fizz and its enduring affair with fast cars DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg WHO bothers to count the bubbles in champagne? Well, obviously someone has tried to.You may have heard that there are around 49 million to 250 million bubbles in a standard bottle
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    • 218 12 REUTERS UNIVERSAL Pictures is planing a new iteration of Scarface, TheWrap has confirmed. An individual close to the studio said that the new version of the movie is not a remake or a sequel to either the nowclassic and spectacularly violent 1983 film
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